It’s hard to say why
- greed is such a force in our world,
- we’re not coming together over climate change,
- people don’t care about the actions of their leaders,
- we do things that make ourselves feel worse,
- it’s so difficult for our minds to stay in the moment,
- we judge ourselves and others so harshly,
- it’s so difficult to speak up,
- ridiculous prejudices linger,
- we’re so afraid of people who are different from us,
- the negative sticks and the positive fades,
- awful people often outlive wonderful people,
- I have trouble making decisions,
- I stay in New England with all the snow and cold,
- I keep starting new songs and not finishing them, and
- I take pictures of so many things.
Hard To Say
by Ann Koplow
Some things in life are hard to say,
Like “I want you to go away.”
Or “Despite what you did, I forgive you, okay.”
Or “I need you, my love, to stay.”
For me, I find it hard to say
A different kind of communiqué,
Two words you’ll see in a candy display,
Ferrero Rocher.
Ferrero Rocher, Ferrero Rocher.
That gets stuck in my mouth along the way.
Ferrero Rocher, Ferrero Rocher.
So easy to eat and so hard to say.
Ferrero Rocher, Ferrero Rocher,
Those chocolate orbs wrapped in gold lamé.
Whether I’m home or going away.
So easy to eat and so hard to say.
© Ann Koplow, 2019
It’s hard to say why I haven’t gone viral yet.
Here’s the late Dan Fogelberg with “Hard to Say”:
I knew somebody who must have found “Dan Fogelberg” hard to say, because he always called him “Dan Fogelberry.”
What’s hard for you to say?
If you’ve read any of my other blog posts, you’ll know that “Thank you” is not hard for me to say.
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